Team Lead DWHC

Overview

Team Lead | Hiring Immediately | KINSTON, NC

Pay:  $27.72 - $32.15   depending on experience

Benefits Include: 

• Eligible for benefits first of the month following hire date
• Multiple medical and prescription drug coverage options
  • Choice of an Employer-Funded Health Care Account (HCA) or Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Integrated healthcare programs – telemedicine, chronic condition, weight management and msk health
• Multiple dental and vision plan coverage options
• Flexible spending accounts (FSA)
  • Healthcare, dependent care
• Company provided life and accidental death, short and long-term disability programs
• Supplemental life, accidental death, and disability buy-up options
• Accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance
• Employee well-being reward program
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Child and family care support program
• Educational assistance and tuition reimbursement program
• Employee discount program
• 401(K) with 6% company match (Eligible to participate from day one (1) with 100% vesting in all company provided money immediately)

Our Social Responsibility platform features a robust, employee-led Give Back program, which includes a matching gifts plan, community grants initiative, and our annual Company-wide Month of Action campaign. With each of these initiatives, our employees are empowered and equipped to give back to their communities and support the non-profits important to them and their families. Through our Give Back program, we own our commitment to Social Responsibility and live our purpose of Packaging a Better Future.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

As the Lead Person, you will be expected to provide strong leadership, direction, and coaching for a full team of hourly employees in one of the plant departments. As the Lead Person you will be on 12 hour shift. You will report directly to one of the Shift Supervisors. The general duties and expectations of this role are listed below.JOB DUTIES:• Support production personnel by providing appropriate tools and resources as needed, when needed.• Ability to understand the production schedule and ensure the schedule is followed without over-runs or shortages.• Assist with minor machine adjustments and repairs as needed. Assist the operators with troubleshooting.• Perform daily date code audits.• Consistently monitor quality in cups, thermoforming, case packing and padlocker, printing, or forming departments.• Assure housekeeping/safety standards are maintained in all production areas.• Adjust staffing and schedule to achieve the optimum efficiency from your team.• Monitor and track labor and pounds produced to achieve maximum efficiency.• Ability and willingness to operate equipment as necessary.• Accurately complete SAP confirmations for product produced at shift end.• Verify material consumption using the end of shift verification process.• Track your teams performance and post results of your operation daily• Ability to complete production reports with minimal errors.• Complete requisitions for Temp labor when required, and monitor the effectiveness of this labor• Ability to conduct effective and accurate performance reviews for each of your team members.• Ability to create standard work and SWIS documents, and effectively train against them.• Build quality into all aspects of your work by maintaining compliance to all quality requirements.• Work proactively with the QA department and maintenance to assure the highest quality products are produced with the fewest deviations from specifications.• Work proactively with scheduling and logistics to assure quality product is shipped on time and in full to all of our customers.• Enhance the GMP and housekeeping of your department through weekly audits, 5S implementation and the strict application of expectations so the area is audit ready at all times.• Monitor WIP, corrugate and other materials for quality, and when lacking, properly process the material by tagging it with a ‘Reject’ tag, blocking it in SAP, and communicating with everyone as to the issue and location of the questionable material.• Effectively conduct Tool Box Talks each week with your team to foster a ‘Safety First’ culture and prevent accidents.• Conduct and participate in weekly Safety Gembas in the plant to assure unsafe conditions and behaviors are fixed immediately.• Assure your teams’ participation and representation on the plant Safety Team.• Know and support Pactiv’s ‘Critical Safety Rules’ and their application.• Develop and implement improvements to facilities, equipment or procedures that improve safety within the plant.

Qualifications

ABILITY REQUIREMENTS:• Proficient in basic computer skills including Excel, Word and Outlook.• Ability to learn SAP.• Ability to complete production reports with minimal errors.• Complete requisitions for Temp labor when required, and monitor the effectiveness of this labor• Ability to conduct effective and accurate performance reviews for each of your team members.• Ability to create standard work and SWIS documents, and effectively train against them.• Lead your team in the implementation of each element of the system.• Assure log sheets are complete and accurate, and visual management is applied daily to help achieve goals.• Understand problem solving processes such as 5Why, Fishbone diagrams, A3’s and 8D’s and apply them to improve and standardize processes.• Sufficient oral and written communications skills to communicate effectively with team members and members of management.• Ability to provide consistent leadership, direction, expectations and discipline.• Ability to set high expectations while continuing to motivate employees to excel.• Capability to remain rational and respond appropriately in stressful situations.• Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.• Ability to demonstrate effective time management skills.• Possess the confidence and ability to handle an entire production crew without additional supervision

Pactiv Evergreen is now a part of Novolex. Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries, including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Our innovative product portfolio is designed to meet the diverse needs of businesses worldwide and the millions of customers they serve. Through continuous investment in research and development, we are committed to engineering more sustainable choices for the future. Our extensive manufacturing network spans North America and Europe, including two world-class plastic film recycling centers. Discover more about Novolex, our 20,000 family members and our commitment to innovation and sustainability at www.novolex.com.

Located 96 miles southeast of Raleigh Durham airport, Kinston is a city in Lenoir County, North Carolina, with a population of 21,677 as of the 2010 census. It has been the county seat of Lenoir County since its formation in 1791. Kinston is located in the coastal plains region of eastern North Carolina. In 2009, Kinston won the All-America City Award.

The plant was built in 1993 with an addition in 1995, manufactures paper cups and cartons, and has approximately 350 employees.

Salary : $28 - $32